Jamie Dimon Quotes
You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
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I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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It is very difficult to be taken seriously when you're introduced at a party to somebody as the fourth Mrs. Rex Harrison.
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Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
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I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.
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Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
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The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
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I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies, and to amuse.
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The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.
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That is one of the coolest things about WWE and wrestling in general. The fans have this very unique voice and this very unique power, and in no other sport and no other form of entertainment can the fans make their voices heard and it effect change.
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There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.
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Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry record store in Athens, where Peter Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to visit. And even their later manager, Bertis Downs, they all met and congregated at that record store. So I'm sure we wouldn't see those without the record store.
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The highest expression of all morality is: Be!
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Thus they shall not miss this particular branch of the many branches of the Law and will have no need to roam and ramble about in other books in search of information on matters set forth in this treatise.
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It was nothing that I think any one of us took on because it was a gig that was available. It was something that felt like a true passion and something that every single person brought much more than any of us could have expected. … I do honestly feel honored to be part of this group.
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New worlds are always hard on old ideas.
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The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.
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Franklin was the best known of the Founding Fathers. His death could not go without some sort of official notice. The House of Representatives, after listening to a brief tribute by James Madison, voted to wear badges of mourning for two months and then got on with business.
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I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place.
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I haven't knocked all the doors I need to knock down, but I can see it happening more and more. It will just take more perseverance and work.
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You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
